UniProt functional annotation for Q9U1M8

UniProt code: Q9U1M8.

Organism: Dictyostelium discoideum (Slime mold).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Amoebozoa; Evosea; Eumycetozoa; Dictyostelia; Dictyosteliales; Dictyosteliaceae; Dictyostelium.
 
Function: Myosins are actin-based motor molecules with ATPase activity. Involved in the early steps of phagocytosis and adhesion. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10574761, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11267868, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15826949}.
 
Subunit: Monomer. Interacts with talA. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15826949, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17671169}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11267868}. Note=Enriched in filopodia.
Domain: The coiled-coil and the proline-rich region are responsible to the binding to talA. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17671169}.
Similarity: Belongs to the TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily. Myosin family. {ECO:0000305}.
Sequence caution: Sequence=AAB40932.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Evidence={ECO:0000305};

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.